ABOUT THE POJA COLLECTION
HISTORY
In the past a vast collection of slides of predominantly human histology and electron microscopy was collected in the former department of Cytology and Histology (Head: the late K.H. von Mayersbach MD, PhD, and succeeded by the late C. Jerusalem MD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine nowadays known as Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The slides have been used and evaluated for teaching students as well as graduates in the curricula of Medical students, Dentistry students, Medical bioscience students and of the School for Laboratory Technicians. The teaching consisted of lectures and practical tutorials in Microscopic Anatomy including general Histology.
CURRENT COLLECTION
The collection is a selection of the best material and comprises essentially normal human organ histology or Microscopic Anatomy as well as some examples of histopathology used in the medical curriculum. The collection is brought together, digitalized and described by the authors in a database. In many cases slides have been combined in one photo composition. The aim of some selected histopathology is to show the importance of altered histology of the organs given rise to diseases as well as the clinical relevance of the Microscopic Anatomy.
A vast quantity of the electron microscopy and (immuno)-histology originated from collaborative clinical research projects (L.G. Poels PhD and P.H.K. Jap PhD).
The photomontages are composed of several individual images. For easy interpretation it is assumed that a certain prior knowledge is acquired about cell structure and basic histology.
Each individual image (slide) is identified with a unique POJA-L number referring to the matching text. The description of the slides is rather focused on the factual description of the slide, and is not intended to substitute for lectures or textbooks. The theoretical background is limited since most scientific information is available directly through internet sources. The presented material can be used by students as well as by lecturers for supporting their lectures and for developing computer assisted training programs. Parts of the collection are also deposited at HEALCENTRAL http://library.med.utah.edu/heal/ as well as at https://www.mededportal.org/icollaborative/190142/search.html?q=POJA&x=3&y=5
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are indebted to many colleagues who contributed to this collection, i.e. P. Wirtz PhD, the late Gertrude Treskon-Mungyer MD PhD, the late C. Jerusalem MD PhD, R. Weyers MD for the drawings and K. Theeuwes MD for scanning electron microscopy.
We are very grateful to all medical technicians of the former department of Cytology and Histology, involved in the (immuno)-histology, histochemistry, (immuno)-electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.
For the selection of the histopathology we greatly appreciate our solid and loyal consultant F. van de Molengraft MD PhD (former Senior pathologist at the Department of Pathology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, The Netherlands).
Contributions of single images or sections are acknowledged individually in the descriptions of the relevant compositions.
In the section of Cardiovascular System also images were used from the practical tutorials in general Histology by C. Jerusalem MD PhD and W. Eling PhD.
A great contribution to the POJA-collection on Blood & Bone Marrow was made by Henriette Verhofstad, M.I.A.C., former head of the Division of Cytopathology and Hemato-morphology of the Viecuri Hospital (Venlo, The Netherlands). The images derived from her collection are marked with her copyright-logo.
Contributions to the Lymphatic Organs were made by Gerdy B. ten Dam, PhD (former Postdoc at the Department of Cell Biology, and the Department of Matrix Biochemistry of the RIMLS Institute, Radboud University of Nijmegen).
We acknowledge and greatly appreciate the support and help of many colleagues of the following Departments (Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands):
Pathology: G.P. Vooijs MD PhD (former Head); D. Ruiter MD PhD (former Head); U. van Haelst MD PhD; P. Wesseling MD PhD (former Head Neuropathology); K. Assmann MD PhD; the late K. Kubat MD PhD; the late A. Verhofstad PhD; H.ter Laak PhD.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology: W. Willemsen MD PhD, P. Kenemans, MD PhD.
Urology: K. Kuipers MD PhD; D. Tiemessen, BSc.
Nephrology/Matrix Biochemistry: T. Kuppevelt PhD, Tessa Wijnhoven MSc (heparan sulfates).
Pulmonary Diseases/Matrix Biochemistry: Mieke Koenders PhD (fibrillin).
Otorhinolaryngology: W. Kuijpers PhD (former Head of Biological Laboratory); E. Tonnaer PhD; T. Peters PhD.
Physiology: R. Bindels, PhD (Head).
Biochemistry: T. Hafmans BSc (immuno-electron microscopy).
Cell Biology: A. Lamers PhD.
Anatomy: J. Dederen BSc.
Museum of Anatomy and Pathology: J. v.d. Straaten MD PhD (former Head).
We also are indebted to P. J. Ringens MD PhD ( Former Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, VUMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and to G. F.J.M. Vrensen PhD (Former Head of the Department of Morphology, Ophthalmic Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
The excellent cooperation with the ICT-coworkers in the former group of Computers in Medical Education group (OWI-group, V. Langeveld, Ch. Spronk, Kirsti Robben-van Niekerk) is very appreciated.
We greatly acknowledge the cooperation and support of Sharon Dennis (NTC, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah) and of Sebastian Uijtdehaage, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for educational development & research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, US.
HISTORY
In the past a vast collection of slides of predominantly human histology and electron microscopy was collected in the former department of Cytology and Histology (Head: the late K.H. von Mayersbach MD, PhD, and succeeded by the late C. Jerusalem MD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine nowadays known as Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The slides have been used and evaluated for teaching students as well as graduates in the curricula of Medical students, Dentistry students, Medical bioscience students and of the School for Laboratory Technicians. The teaching consisted of lectures and practical tutorials in Microscopic Anatomy including general Histology.
CURRENT COLLECTION
The collection is a selection of the best material and comprises essentially normal human organ histology or Microscopic Anatomy as well as some examples of histopathology used in the medical curriculum. The collection is brought together, digitalized and described by the authors in a database. In many cases slides have been combined in one photo composition. The aim of some selected histopathology is to show the importance of altered histology of the organs given rise to diseases as well as the clinical relevance of the Microscopic Anatomy.
A vast quantity of the electron microscopy and (immuno)-histology originated from collaborative clinical research projects (L.G. Poels PhD and P.H.K. Jap PhD).
The photomontages are composed of several individual images. For easy interpretation it is assumed that a certain prior knowledge is acquired about cell structure and basic histology.
Each individual image (slide) is identified with a unique POJA-L number referring to the matching text. The description of the slides is rather focused on the factual description of the slide, and is not intended to substitute for lectures or textbooks. The theoretical background is limited since most scientific information is available directly through internet sources. The presented material can be used by students as well as by lecturers for supporting their lectures and for developing computer assisted training programs. Parts of the collection are also deposited at HEALCENTRAL http://library.med.utah.edu/heal/ as well as at https://www.mededportal.org/icollaborative/190142/search.html?q=POJA&x=3&y=5
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are indebted to many colleagues who contributed to this collection, i.e. P. Wirtz PhD, the late Gertrude Treskon-Mungyer MD PhD, the late C. Jerusalem MD PhD, R. Weyers MD for the drawings and K. Theeuwes MD for scanning electron microscopy.
We are very grateful to all medical technicians of the former department of Cytology and Histology, involved in the (immuno)-histology, histochemistry, (immuno)-electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.
For the selection of the histopathology we greatly appreciate our solid and loyal consultant F. van de Molengraft MD PhD (former Senior pathologist at the Department of Pathology, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, The Netherlands).
Contributions of single images or sections are acknowledged individually in the descriptions of the relevant compositions.
In the section of Cardiovascular System also images were used from the practical tutorials in general Histology by C. Jerusalem MD PhD and W. Eling PhD.
A great contribution to the POJA-collection on Blood & Bone Marrow was made by Henriette Verhofstad, M.I.A.C., former head of the Division of Cytopathology and Hemato-morphology of the Viecuri Hospital (Venlo, The Netherlands). The images derived from her collection are marked with her copyright-logo.
Contributions to the Lymphatic Organs were made by Gerdy B. ten Dam, PhD (former Postdoc at the Department of Cell Biology, and the Department of Matrix Biochemistry of the RIMLS Institute, Radboud University of Nijmegen).
We acknowledge and greatly appreciate the support and help of many colleagues of the following Departments (Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands):
Pathology: G.P. Vooijs MD PhD (former Head); D. Ruiter MD PhD (former Head); U. van Haelst MD PhD; P. Wesseling MD PhD (former Head Neuropathology); K. Assmann MD PhD; the late K. Kubat MD PhD; the late A. Verhofstad PhD; H.ter Laak PhD.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology: W. Willemsen MD PhD, P. Kenemans, MD PhD.
Urology: K. Kuipers MD PhD; D. Tiemessen, BSc.
Nephrology/Matrix Biochemistry: T. Kuppevelt PhD, Tessa Wijnhoven MSc (heparan sulfates).
Pulmonary Diseases/Matrix Biochemistry: Mieke Koenders PhD (fibrillin).
Otorhinolaryngology: W. Kuijpers PhD (former Head of Biological Laboratory); E. Tonnaer PhD; T. Peters PhD.
Physiology: R. Bindels, PhD (Head).
Biochemistry: T. Hafmans BSc (immuno-electron microscopy).
Cell Biology: A. Lamers PhD.
Anatomy: J. Dederen BSc.
Museum of Anatomy and Pathology: J. v.d. Straaten MD PhD (former Head).
We also are indebted to P. J. Ringens MD PhD ( Former Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, VUMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and to G. F.J.M. Vrensen PhD (Former Head of the Department of Morphology, Ophthalmic Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
The excellent cooperation with the ICT-coworkers in the former group of Computers in Medical Education group (OWI-group, V. Langeveld, Ch. Spronk, Kirsti Robben-van Niekerk) is very appreciated.
We greatly acknowledge the cooperation and support of Sharon Dennis (NTC, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah) and of Sebastian Uijtdehaage, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for educational development & research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, US.